Improvement in cutlery



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WILLIAM SANDERSoNfoF NWroRKr N. Y.

., vLetteraPatent No. 615,95-2, dated Janel-811367.-` 4 v @itsv Srlg'elmlr nierreh fr in flits ettrs -ntent :uit mating 'part nf tlg: smite I Bev itknown thatI, W-ILLIM SANDEBs0N,of New-York, New York county, inntheflState afNew York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement iu- Handles ,of Knives, Forks, (ke. and- I do hereby declare that l' the following is a full andexact description thereof,-reference being had to thca'ccompnnying dra\vingsmaking 'part of this application.r v .Y l f 4My invention relates to a new method of making the handles of knives and forks and other analogous instrum'ents, and has for its main object to produce a handle which will 4be stronger, more durable, and more economic of manufacture than any heretofore made, and-to these ends my invention vconsists in forming the -4 handle of a knife or other` instrument of :a metallic frame solid with -the bolster, and attaching to each side of said frame metallic scales, substantially as hereinafter more fully described'. u l

To enable those `skilled in-theartto make `and use my invention, I will'procecd to describe it more fully, referring by'letters to the accompanying drawings, infwhich Figure 1 isl an elevation o1' side view of a table-knife made in accordance with m-y'invention. l Figure 2 is a similar view, showing the handle 'with one of its scales orside-pieces removed,to illustrate clearly the form of the metallic frameor body of the handle.

Figure 3 is a cross-section at the'line a: e, iig'. 2; 'and Figure 4 isa similar section, showing a different form or shape of handle.4 i

Figs. 3 and 4 are exaggerated nsize, to more clearly show the shape-of the parts. V A is 'the blade, B the handle of the lknife, and C its bolster. The'hlade Amay be made of line steel, and weide/d, soldered, or otherwise securely attached to Athe bolster C.` The framed I propose to cast solid with vthe bolster. C of malleable iron or anyl other desirable metal, and of the peculiar form shown, with 'rel ates or depressions running'round its, edges, into which lit theedges of the metallic scales" or side-nieces B, (see liga r2,3, 4.) These scales I propose to strikeiup o'utofhsheet metal of any desired pattern-or design, corresponding in contour with the'frame d/and'solder o1' otherwisev securely attach tliern to the said frame d.' `The handle shown' at figs. 1,-?, and 3 is so shaped as to be about rectangular in cross-section, but the frame may b e'castv convex on its outer edge, as4 seen at e, iig. 4, and the scales may. be struck upoi the shape seen at B', g. 4, so -that the cross-.section of the handle will present in form an ellipsis or oval. It will be understood that the scales lmay be'made of any desired design, and that the frame d (e) may be castof'any desired shape. In the manu'- facture of a cheap article, the handle' constructed as already described may be japanned, and to make a higher finished-.article it may be silver. or gold plated.` It wil-l he .seen that while my new construction ofV handle is 4 adapted to every variety of form and style of finish, it is always lextremely strong and durable, and is easily made. In lieuof casting the frame and bolster solid, as Ihave shown it, the frame d might be rolled or otherwise formed out of a separate picce,bent intoshape, and its ends weldedor otherwise rigidly attached to the bolster; but it will be evident that such a mode of manufacture, if it produced the bolster and frame united in a solidl manner, would be equivalent almost to a handle made or cast solid; and though I do not. deem such" a process of manufacture als-desirable as that-'I have hereinb'efore explained, -I consider it no substantial departure from therspirit of my invention. It is well known that in the ordinary method of manufactureof knife and fork handles with a tang eiitending from the bolster, and with scales of wood, ivory, and other material 4riveted on each side of vsaid tang or shank, the scales shrink and leave the tang, and often crack oil', and' it will'he seen that,by my new method of constructing or making a handle, I- can produce an article .perfectly durable, very vstrong, and very cheap, if desired.

Having fully described. my improved method 'or mode of making handles of knives, forks, &. c., so -that those skilled in the art can understand thesame, what 'claim as new, and ldesire to secure by Letters Patent, is 4 A handle formed ofa metallic frame, (cast with or rigidly united to the bolster,) and scales, or side-pieces,

substantially as described', i

In testimony VWhercof'vll have hereunto set my handv and seal this third day of April, 1867.

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Witnesses:

M. M. Livmcsros, i l Janes J. 'DE BARRY. 

